Sky Sports confirms Premier League changes ahead of final games

Sky Sports has made some big changes to its broadcast schedule for the 2025/26 Premier League season
The 2024/25 Premier League season is almost at its end, but Sky Sports is already looking ahead to next season. Ahead of the final day on Sunday (May 25), the broadcaster has announced some major changes to its coverage of the 2025/26 campaign.
Sky has confirmed it will broadcast a 'record minimum' of 215 Premier League matches every season from 2025/26. This will see Sky's coverage increase from 128 Premier League matches to at least 215, which it says is more than any other broadcaster.
Ahead of the new season kicking off on August 16, Sky is offering a discounted sports package that includes more than 1,400 live games across the Premier League and EFL. The Essential TV and Sky Sports bundle now costs £35 per month, saving £192 from the standard £43 rate.
This provides access to all of Sky Sports' 215 matches, including more than 140 at weekends, evening matches on Fridays and Mondays and three midweek rounds. Sky has also confirmed it will broadcast all 10 Premier League matches on the final day of each season for the first time.
Fans will also be able to choose from multiple live matches on a number of weekends in the Sunday 2pm kick-off slot, as well as 'most of' the festive season fixtures. Boxing Day Premier League football will return to Sky Sports this year after Amazon's Prime Video ended its six-year run of coverage last Christmas.
It comes after Sky signed a new four-year deal for the league's TV rights in 2023. Dana Strong, Group CEO, Sky said: 'This is a fantastic result for Sky customers, who will see a significant increase in the number of matches from the most iconic league in the world. Sky is the undisputed home for sport fans in the UK.'
Virgin Media customers will also have access to Sky's Premier League coverage with select packages. Virgin provides eight Sky Sports channels with its Bigger Combo bundle + Sports, which is more expensive than Sky at £65.99 per month but also includes 362Mbps broadband and more than 200 TV channels.
Sky announced it had agreed a new rights deal in December 2023, with fans flocking to social media to congratulate the broadcaster. Writing on X, one said: 'Really looking forward to this. Congratulations to Sky Sports on this massive deal.'
Another said: 'Here's to 215 epic games.'
Not everyone is happy about the changes though, as this fan said: 'And yet that's still about 55% of all Premier League games. People in the UK pay fortunes to watch half of a product produced in the UK, yet people abroad can watch 100% for a fraction of the price.'
But this fan disagreed, saying: 'Next season's MVPs might just be the broadcasters.'
The Premier League fixtures for the 2025/26 season are due to be released at 9am on June 18. Liverpool will be defending their title after securing the top spot for the 20th time, with Leeds United and Burnley joining the fray having been promoted from the Championship.
Sheffield United and Sunderland will meet on May 24 in the Championship play-off final, with the winner booking their place in the Premier League.

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